σκῆψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> σκήπτω <span class="bibl">1.2</span>) [[pretext]], [[plea]], [[excuse]], τοιάδε μέντοι σ. οὐ δόλον φέρει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>886</span>; μὴ σ. οὐκ οὖσαν τίθης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>584</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">κατὰ φόνου τινὰ σ</b>. pleading some murder as an [[excuse]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.147</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τοῦ μὴ τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν</b> a [[plea]], [[excuse]] for not doing, <span class="bibl">D.1.6</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἡ νόσος . . ἔδοξεν</b> [[pretence]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>31</span>; <b class="b3">σκῆψιν ποιεῖσθαί τι</b> to use as an [[excuse]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.30</span>; πρὸς Ἕλληνάς σφι σ. ἐπεποίητο <span class="bibl">Id.7.168</span>; ἔχω σ. εὐπρεπεστάτην <span class="bibl">Id.3.72</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς ἄνδρα σ. εἶχ' ὀλωλότα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὰ τέκνα</b>) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>29</span>; <b class="b3">σ. προτείνειν, δεικνύναι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1067</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>744</span>; φέρειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>110.5</span> (iii B.C., Pl.); τοῖς νέοις σκῆψιν φέρει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>122</span>; σκήψεις καὶ προφάσεις ἐρεῖ <span class="bibl">D.19.100</span>; opp. <b class="b3">σ. ἐσδέχεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>392</span>; σ. παραδέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>7</span>; εὑρίσκειν <span class="bibl">D.21.81</span>; διδόναι <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Top.</span> 131b11</span>; <b class="b3">προβαλέσθαι, πορίσασθαι</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Plb.5.56.7</span>, <span class="bibl">5.2.9</span>, etc.: acc. as Adv., σκῆψιν . . ἐλήλυμεν, ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Cratin.235</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[plea]] in a lawcourt, ὅπως ἂν αἱ σ. εἰσαχθῶσι <span class="title">IG</span>22.1629.205. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[σκῆψις]] or <b class="b3">σκέψις, ἡ</b>,= [[ἀπόσκηψις]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.3.23</span>, cf. Gal.ad loc.(<span class="bibl">17(2).110</span>) and <span class="bibl">19.138</span>.</span>